Author: Deadline

Saying that AI was discussed at CES last week is a bit like saying oxygen was breathed during the giant tech confab. There was simply no way of avoiding the topic. For Hollywood, which has been unsettled by the rise of the technology over the past couple of years, the conversation swung from near-utopian levels of optimism to deep-seated mistrust and fear. Generative AI is widely seen as a force that needs to be reckoned with, as it poses significant ethical, financial and legal challenges, with many in the creative community nervous about job security or the future value of…

As the Palisades and Altadena fires continue to ravage Los Angeles communities, celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Paris Hilton and others are mobilizing to donate, jumpstart relief funds and volunteer. Some, like Sharon Stone and Halle Berry, are donating clothing to those who have lost their homes or otherwise been displaced amid the ongoing state emergency. Per MSNBC reporting, Garner — herself a Palisades resident of 25 years and whose home was spared by the blaze that has ballooned across over 20,000 acres since Jan. 7 — partnered with award-winning chef José Andrés’ food relief nonprofit World Central Kitchen, whose pop-ups…

UPDATED with latest: The Palisades Fire Friday night got over the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains, threatening the San Fernando Valley. That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon. That region was previously under an evacuation warning. Voluntary evacuations stretch all the way to Ventura Boulevard, covering a large swathe of Encino as well as parts of Brentwood. New evacuation warnings have been issued for areas of Bel Air, just east of the 405 freeway. PREVIOUS noon: A break in the weather…

Bong Joon-ho‘s highly anticipated sci-fi film Mickey 17 is set to premiere on February 28 in South Korea, before the title’s March 7 North American release and global rollout. Starring Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie and Mark Ruffalo, the $150M blockbuster is Bong’s first feature since helming his history-making title, Parasite. Warner Bros. Korea also confirmed that Pattinson will make an appearance at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on January 20 for the first major promotional event for the film. The film’s global release dates have seen several changes. Mickey 17 was first announced for a 2024 release,…

Pritish Nandy, the Indian poet, producer and filmmaker, has passed away at the age of 73. Born in 1951 in Bihar, he produced many films such as Bollywood Calling, Sur, Kaante, Chameli and Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, among others. Numerous figures in Indian entertainment have been paying tribute to the influential figure, whose death was confirmed to local news sites by his son, Kushan Nandy. Nandy also produced comedy-drama Four More Shots Please!, which won an International Emmy nomination in 2020, and romantic anthology series Modern Love Mumbai for Prime Video. He was also a prolific journalist, serving as the publishing…

Justin Baldoni bemoaned being banished to the basement by Blake Lively during the It Ends with Us premiere, according to a purported leaked voice message he sent to his associates. The message was played in full on The Megyn Kelly Show during an interview the former Fox News host conducted with Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s attorney. Kelly provided little context as to how she obtained the message, but Freedman said in the interview that he planned to put “every single text message, every single document” in the public domain. Freedman has repped Kelly in the past. Deadline has been unable to…

Netflix‘s The Piano Lesson tuned up a leading 14 nominations for the 56th annual NAACP Image Awards, which were revealed this morning. TriStar’s The Book of Clarence is next with six noms, and Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist topped TV programs with nine mentions. Netflix leads all networks and distributors with 64 nominations. See the full list below. “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence” is the theme of the 2025 Image Awards, which span film, TV, music, literature, podcasts, social media and more. Winners will be revealed February 21 at the NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors ceremonies and…

Last night’s two top Golden Globe winners, Netflix’s Emilia Perez and A24’s three and a half hour epic drama The Brutalist, were also big winners in terms of Oscars momentum. The former won Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Globe along with three other victories from a record ten nominations. The latter took the all-important Best Motion Picture – Drama Globe and two other major awards including Best Actor-Drama for Adrien Brody and Best Director for Brady Corbet. The first big test of strength in the two-month stretch to the March 2 Academy Awards, last night’s Globes results are impressive and perhaps…

Amid the continued success of its third installment, Paramount Pictures’ Sonic the Hedgehog feature franchise has zoomed past $1B at the worldwide box office. Based on the Sega video game, the first two pictures were released in February 2020 and April 2022, respectively, grossing a combined $725.2M globally. The threequel, which released domestically on December 20 and expanded overseas beginning December 25, has grossed over $312M to date, bringing the running franchise total to more than $1.037B. Each of the films has been directed by Jeff Fowler. The first two movies generated $181M in consumer spending from home entertainment rentals…

Tragic news. Jeff Baena has died. The screenwriter and film director is best known for Life After Beth (2014), Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Girl (2020), Spin Me Round (2022), and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees (2004). He is also the husband of actress and producer Aubrey Plaza, and they have been married since 2021. Circumstances of his passing are unclear at this moment, and we will update the post as more comes in. After graduating NYU Film School, Baena moved to Los Angeles to start building his career. He became a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis, working on a number of films, followed by a job as an assistant…